We will be cruising the Rhine, Main, and Danube rivers between Amsterdam and Budapest. We have friends who have done this cruise. A couple from Florida and another couple who share our home state of Washington. We are all active people. Both couples said they enjoyed this cruise very much. We will start in Budapest and go to Amsterdam, apparently upriver. We arranged this months ago in August of 2012. Talked about doing some reading and research to prepare. Then suddenly it was just two weeks out. Then a 90th birthday in the family and then suddenly it's only one week out and then ... we start looking at the news about the area we will visit. OK. It's a river. Yes, there has been river flooding in the U.S. But nothing -- NOTHING -- like what is going on in Europe. Forget 100 year floods. These are the worst in 500 Years!! Floods of biblical proportions. Viking has canceled ten cruises. Have they canceled ours? No. Not yet anyway. The river is due to crest on Monday, four days before we arrive. Apparently, we should happily schlep through towns that have been up to their necks in river sludge only days after the event. Should we pack muck boots? What will it smell like? Will there be poop floating in the blue Danube? Ahhh. How traveling broadens one...
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